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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret did Lin Lin tell Ji Li when she came to visit?

2. Who did Ji Li blame for all her problems?

3. How did Ji Li hope to re-mold herself?

4. What did Ji Li do when she was injured?

5. Who did Ji Li stay close to on her first day in Jr. High?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ji Li find when she woke up on Chinese New Year?

2. What did Ji Li hear her father say the night before Chinese New Year?

3. Why was Ji Li chosen to help with the Exhibition?

4. Why did Ji Li start staying home from school in Jr. High?

5. How did Ji Li feel about not knowing anyone in her Jr. High class?

6. What happened on the morning of the opening of the Exhibition?

7. What did Ji Li hope to achieve at the Exhibition?

8. What did Ji Li say to Comrade Ma about her family?

9. Why did Uncle Fan come to Ji Li's house?

10. What made Ji Li yell at her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Father do to protect his family from the searches, and how did this work out for them?

Essay Topic 2

Death and mortality were two integral themes of this plot. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this theme affect the main characters?

Essay Topic 3

Courage and fear were two attributes that were seen a number of times in this book. Where did they appear, and how did the presence of these feelings change the people who were involved in those situations?

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